Well, as you approach right before the bridge and you will see an uphill road, but this is not for the use of bicycles.If you are visiting the Shimanami Kaido from other countries and you do not know much Japanese, do you take this road?

When you join a path for the exclusive use of cycles, mopeds or pedestrians path, you may notice that some of them do not have blue lines on them. Since the path is already very narrow, city officials probably felt that they didn't need to draw blue lines.

So, what about this road? Is this road the cycle path to your destination, Imabari?I think Japanese, or people who understand Japanese would somehow understand that this does not seem like a cycle path because a little further ahead there is a sign that indicates there is a vehicle ticketing machine.

In addition, the road is wide and cars can run on this road, so obviously this road is not exclusively used for cycles, mopeds or pedestrians.

Although this uphill road, located near the bridge goes to Imabari, it is a restricted road and not for use by cyclists, mopeds and pedestrians.

In fact, I missed the following sign. The reason why I missed it is that the sign was immediately adjacent to the road itself on the left-hand side. And the route direction is deceptive.

In the event that you do not understand Japanese signs, I would recommend that you continue to follow the blue line. In this instance you should not turn left, but instead go over the junction and you will immediately pick up the blue line.

For instance, as the photo below shows, it shouldn't be difficult for you to understand which way to go as the arrow on the road indicates "turn left."

However, as you will see, when you turn left, there is no immediate blue line on this path for cycles, mopeds and pedestrians. A little further ahead you can see that the blue line does continue in the following picture.